Attachment-lever for brake staves and wheels



H. C. STOKES.

ATTACHMENT LEVER FOR BRAKE STAVES AND WHEELS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-29, I920.

1,375,238. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

UNITED STATES HENRY C. STOKES OF SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

ATTACHMENT-LEVER FOR BRAKE STAVES AND WHEELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

,n iiiiicanon filed September 29, 1920. Serial No. 413,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. S'ronEs, a citizen of the United States, residin at Sumter, in the county of Sumter and tate of South Carolina, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Attachment-Levers for Brake Staves and Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved brake staff and wheel attachment levers, particularly adapted for use in connection wlth brakes on freight cars.

Details and objects of the invention Wlll appear as describedin connection wlth the accompanying drawings and hereinafter set forth and claimed.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the three figures, in which, I

Figure 1 is an elevational view showing an application of my invention,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the operating lever, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view thereof.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, portion of a car 10 is illustrated in outline, and a brake staff 11" having a brake wheel 12 on its upper end is suitably journaled in bearing members 13 and 14; carried by the car. The

brake staff carries the usual ratchet wheel- 15 which is adapted to be engaged by a pawl.

tures in the projections and an aperture in a reduced portion 21 of the lever. Thus the operating lever 20, when not in use ban hang down from the collar 18, as shown in dotted lines'in Fig. 1.

The operating lever 20, has a bifurcated end 22, which, when the lever is in its operating position, enga es the brake staff, and

12, for turning it, which asillustrated in Fig. 1, may be a series of hooks 24, to be engaged by the lever, are fastened to or made integral with the rim, 25, of the wheel.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A lever attachment for brake staves and wheels comprising a lever pivotally supported on a loose collar on' the brake staff below the wheel, said lever having one end adapted to extend beyond the perlphery of the brake wheel, means on its other end adapted to engage the brake staff, and means for connecting said lever with the wheel. 1

'2. A lever attachment for brake staves and wheels including a collar adapted to be fastened to the brake staff, a loose collar mounted thereon above said first collar and having a pivot supporting means, a lever pivoted thereto adapted to extend beyond the periphery of the brake wheel having means for engaging the brake staff, and means for connecting said lever with the brake wheel.

3. A lever attachment for brake staves and wheels comprising a lever adapted to extend beyond the periphery of the wheel, a loose collar supported on the staff below the wheel towhich said lever is pivoted, bifurcations on the end of said lever adjacent said piv- "otal connection for engaging said stafi, and

a seriesof hooks on the wheel rim for engaging said lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY C. STOKES. 

